A Framingham woman told police she recorded herself and another employee of a Framingham assisted-living facility abusing elderly Alzheimer's disease patients because she thought it was funny, authorities said.

Ayekple told police the man had left his room, so he was trying to get the man back there. He would not answer if he thought the behavior was correct, the report said.

Police charged Diaz, of 66 Second St., with three counts of assault and battery on an elderly person and two counts of videotaping or photographing someone in a state of nudity.

Police charged Ayekple, of 14 Greenview St., with two counts of assault and battery on an elderly person.

Both Diaz and Ayekple posted $1,000 bail after their arrest. Both pleaded not guilty at their Framingham District Court arraignment on Tuesday. Judge Robert Greco did not increase bail, but ordered them to stay away from the victims and have no contact with the victims or their families.

He also ordered them to stay away from every patient at Emeritus.

Both Diaz and Ayekple have been fired from Emeritus, according to a company statement. The company said it has launched an internal investigation and has notified both the state Department of Health and the state ombudsman's office about the assaults.

"We are shocked and outraged that this type of incident took place at our community, and are taking these allegations very seriously," the statement said. "We have notified the families of this matter and sincerely regret the distress and sorrow they have experienced. The staff members involved have been terminated and we are assisting the police in their investigation."

Diaz and Ayekple are both due back in Framingham District Court on June 18 for a pretrial conference.